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postr/StutterSep 2, 2023
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Help on Stammering

Help on Stammering I didn't use to stutter as a child but I used to talk very fast. Overtime, I developed stammering around 8 years. I am 24 now and life have been difficult ever since. I just can't a...

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postr/StutterSep 2, 2023
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Help on Stammering

Help on Stammering I didn't use to stutter as a child but I used to talk very fast. Overtime, I developed stammering around 8 years. I am 24 now and life have been difficult ever since. I just can't a...

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commentr/StutterSep 2, 2023
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Hey, quick reminder that your stutter is not your fault and you should not feel guilty for "still" dealing with it. No one understands your perspective other than yourself and no one has a reason to t...

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postr/StutterAug 31, 2023
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Just venting

Just venting Hi, i’ve never posted here before. I’m 25 years old and I’ve stuttered my whole life. Recently, about half a year ago, i was going through a period of excellent fluency. I don’t know what...

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commentr/StutterAug 31, 2023
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Your mother is correct, she should be disappointed. No one would want someone who stutters as a child. You need to understand that you're on your own with this though....

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commentr/StutterAug 29, 2023
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There is not much you can do about your mother. Indeed, it is supposed to be the other way around. It sounds like she tried to help and maybe feels bad about herself that she couldn’t help more. Maybe...

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postr/StutterAug 29, 2023
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Has anyone had medication help their stutter?

Has anyone had medication help their stutter? I’ve been a lifelong stutter. I’m 41. To me, it feels like a surge of anxiety and energy (difficult to explain) that completely locks up my speech. I’ve b...

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commentr/StutterAug 29, 2023
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Definitely the mental barriers to socializing stutterers like myself put in place to prevent prevent the discomfort of being mocked and judged. Things like refusing to go outside and talk to people an...

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commentr/StutterAug 29, 2023
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Hey, thanks for the answer and the analysis! I can relate to most of the things you said. Like the fact that I feel the others are always dominating the conversation, and if I try to put myself atleas...

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commentr/StutterAug 28, 2023
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Oh yes. They always pull me out, throw me in handcuffs, and search my vehicle. Then again, I’m in Texas so they might do that anyway without my stutter...

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commentr/StutterAug 27, 2023
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I constantly tell myself that everyone will taste this bitter pill of stuttering because we didn't ask for it. So why did God give it to us? Why would he deliberately take away our power?? We keep dyi...

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commentr/StutterAug 26, 2023
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> Despite the fact that you have a challenge that none of your peers have to deal with, you get up every morning, you go in to school, and you do your best. That's a goddamn success. Well I suppos...

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commentr/StutterAug 26, 2023
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You’re coping. I can feel it. I have a stutter too. This is a coping mechanism to combat the terrible pain of knowing we’re gonna have a stutter, probably forever....

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commentr/StutterAug 24, 2023
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Voluntary change doesn't happen for stutterers like me, I'm not the one in the front seat....

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commentr/StutterAug 24, 2023
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>*"I want to speak well I just feel like such a failure"* Failing doesn't mean you are a failure: Whether you think you can, or you think you can't - you're right! \[power of belief in shaping on...

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commentr/StutterAug 24, 2023
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>I just feel like such a failure What is your failing? How is this, at all, your fault? Despite the fact that you have a challenge that none of your peers have to deal with, you get up every mor...

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commentr/StutterAug 24, 2023
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thanks for sharing, i can relate to every word u said... it's fucked up the way we live and it's even more absurd that we have to endure living like this just to not fuck up our lives even more......

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postr/StutterAug 23, 2023
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(38m) Life long stutter. Wrote this the other day to share. Therapist said I should share it.

(38m) Life long stutter. Wrote this the other day to share. Therapist said I should share it. Speaking has always been a challenge for me because of my severe stutter. When words get stuck as I tal...

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postr/StutterAug 23, 2023
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I'm gonna kms 🙃

I'm gonna kms 🙃 so school started back for me recently and today in Spanish, my teacher just...randomly did a call-and-response activity for everyone in the class; she did it TWICE and I had the wor...

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commentr/StutterAug 23, 2023
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my whole life is ruined because of this i didn't ever feel that i'm a human being yhe simplest life task that requires no physical activity at all is impossible to us...

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